Many people won’t be tuning in to Peacock’s new Casey Anthony documentary for reasons of their own, but Joy Behar says she’s skipping the true-crime series for some professional beef from years ago. Behar revealed on tonight’s episode of The view that she is boycotting Casey Anthony: Where the Truth Lies because she blames Anthony for canceling her talk show.
During a discussion about the ethics of the docuseries — which continues more than a decade after Anthony was found not guilty to the murder of her 2-year-old daughter Caylee — Behar took a trip down memory lane and reminded her co-hosts of The Country was taped to her TV screens to watch the process, she hosted a “very good” talk show that came to an untimely end.
“I have no interest in [Anthony]but years ago I had a show on HLN and it was a really good show because I interviewed all sorts of people [people]: Diane Keaton, Catherine Deneuve and Bill Murray, and it was a wonderful show,” said Behar.
your show, Say something!, aired on HLN in 2009, and ran on the network for two seasons before moving to Current TV for its third and final season. Behar mourned the end of her show, which was canceled by HLN in 2011, the same year as Anthony’s trial.
“Casey Anthony became the focal point of this network, and that was the end of my show,” Behar said the view adding, “For some reason, crime and a story like this really grab people’s attention. It doesn’t catch my attention. I can’t stand them either.”
Whoopi Goldberg pointed out that Behar was on the same network as Nancy Grace, who for years hosted a cover news show on the network and covered Anthony’s 2011 trial extensively. Behar replied, “I was… that happened, and I couldn’t bear to talk about her.”
After calling Anthony a “little liar,” Behar doubled down, raising an eyebrow and clearly repeating, “She’s a liar.”
Earlier in the episode, Behar’s co-host Ana Navarro said she “can’t stand” Anthony and told the panel she couldn’t even face looking at her face or hearing her voice.
“If people want to see that, that’s up to them. When I watch a documentary, it’s about whales, lemmings and iguanas in the Galapagos Islands. I find it incredibly offensive,” she said.
The view airs weekdays at 11/10c on ABC. Casey Anthony: Where the Truth Lies is now streaming on Peacock.